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Figure 4.23a. The smooth, striated, laminar appearance of the downshear side of the updraft tower of supercells, as viewed from ahead and to the right of the storm movement. It is thought that this laminar appearance is due to the forced lifting of stable air. (Top) In northwest Kansas on June 10, 2008; (bottom) in central Oklahoma on May 3, 1999. In these photographs, midlevel clouds are seen streaming in around the right-forward flank of the storm (photographs by the author).